Ginger Sugar vs Icing
Ginger Sugar is a Behr color while Icing comes from Cloverdale Paint. Both sit in the beige-greige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. With LRVs of 70 and 70, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. With a ΔE of 1.1, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Ginger Sugar vs Icing in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Ginger Sugar and Icing are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Kitchen
Kitchen lighting tends to be bright and directional, which sharpens contrast and makes undertone differences more apparent. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Ginger Sugar vs Icing Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Ginger Sugar on one side and Icing on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Ginger Sugar comparisons
See how Ginger Sugar stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
With LRVs of 70 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 83 vs 70, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 6, Ginger Sugar is decisively the brighter choice.
Ginger Sugar reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Ginger Sugar reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 52, Ginger Sugar is decisively the brighter choice.
Ginger Sugar reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 12-point LRV gap (70 vs 58) makes Ginger Sugar the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 70 vs 27, Ginger Sugar is decisively the brighter choice.
Ginger Sugar reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Ginger Sugar reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 55, Ginger Sugar is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 13, Ginger Sugar is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 44, Ginger Sugar is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 70), opening up a space where Ginger Sugar encloses it.
Ginger Sugar reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (70 vs 66) makes Ginger Sugar the marginally brighter of the two.
A 5-point LRV gap (74 vs 70) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 70, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Ginger Sugar reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 12, Ginger Sugar is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 8, Ginger Sugar is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Ginger Sugar reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 12, Ginger Sugar is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 45, Ginger Sugar is decisively the brighter choice.
Ginger Sugar reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.